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H. R. ALLEN.

SYRINGB ATTACHMENT.

Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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HORACE R. ALLEN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SYRINGE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,082, dated November 10,1885.

Application filed July 1, 1885. Serial No. 170,332. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE It. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Syringe Attachments, of which the following is a specication.

The invention in this case relates to syringe attachments.

The object is to produce an attachment that may readily be applied to a syringe or to any suitable pipe, and that shall be efficient and convenient in use for the treatment of vaginal and uterine diseases.

rlhe invention consists of a pad or bulb having an opening through its center and adapted to be applied as or upon a syringenozzle or upon any other suitable pipe or conduit.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, like let-ters of reference indicate corresponding parts, and in these drawings are illustrated two of many ways of employing the device.

A represents the pad or bulb, which may be of any desired shape or material, but is preferably of spheroidal form nearest the discharge end, or cone-shaped, and of soft rubber. The bulb is provided with an opening, which passes t-hrough it from end to end, and in this opening there is a tube, B, which may be either passed into the opening or be integral wth the bulb. I have shown the tube projecting beyond the ends of the bulb; but it is obvious that it may be flush or even with the same.

The bulb may be hollow or solid. If hollow, it should be of such construction that it will remain distended upon pressure, as by containing air which will act as a cushion.

In Figure I I have represented the attachment upon the nozzle of a common syringe, O representing the nozzle and D the syringe, and the bulb being simply slipped upon the nozzle.

In Fig. 2 I have represented the attachment as connected with a pipe, E, of a fountain, F.

In the latter case it will be found convenient to connect the opening through the bulb to the pipe by means of a section of metallic or other tubing, G.

When the bulb or pad is applied upon the nozzle of a syringe, it should t closely or water-tight around the same at some part, preferably at the top, and may have one or more holes around the top communicating with the tube or interior and a discharge below. When the pad or bulb is applied upon the nozzle of a syringe, there is no necessity for a central tube when the pad is hollow, since the syringe-nozzle will itself supply the place of such tube.

When no syringe with nozzle is used, but the bulb is to be applied to the mere pipe of a syringe, it is well to have this separate tube project somewhat to form a nozzle. In this case the separate tube need not extendthrou gh continuously, though where the pad permits discharge from the vagina, as above, it is preferable to have the tube continuous.

It is obvious that the bulb may be attached to any appropriate tube or conduit leading from the source of supply of a suitable duid.

In use the bulb or pad, having been applied upon the nozzle of a syringe or t0 a suitable pipe, is inserted partially into the vagina, where it acts as a stopper, complete or partial, to retard, and so when liquid 1s 4forced into the vagina it is enabled to penetrate to all parts by reason of dilation, and also tends to elevate the uterus..

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The syringe attachment consisting of a pad or bulb and a tube integral or combined therewith and projecting therefrom in use, the pad or bulb being adapted by itself to slip upon a syringe-nozzle or be attached to a syringe, as set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HORACE ALLEN.

Witnesses:

L. A. MINTURN, GEORGE ANDREWS. 

